On 10 December 2018, Russell-Moyle was suspended from the House of Commons for the remainder of the day's sitting after he seized the ceremonial mace in protest at the government's eleventh hour deferral of the vote on the EU Withdrawal Agreement, which had been scheduled for the following day.[15][16]

On 5 March 2019, Lloyd Russell-Moyle joined thirteen other Labour MPs on Westminster Bridge, next to the Houses of Parliament, in a protest against Brexit under the banner 'Love Socialism Hate Brexit'.[17] Russell-Moyle was one of two MPs to light red flares on the bridge, the use of the flares so close to Westminster drew the attention of uniformed police, who arrived by boat to inquire what was taking place.[17]

During Prime Minister's Questions, on 20 March 2019, Lloyd Russell-Moyle urged Prime MinisterTheresa May to "condemn" Andrea Leadsom for the Cabinet Minister's comments on LGBT Education.[18] Leadsom had made comments on radio that parents should decide when their children are 'exposed' to LGBT education.[19] Leadsom's comments drew anger from many who felt, in Russell-Moyle's words, that "This is Conservative Party dog-whistle politics".[18] LLoyd Russell-Moyle also criticised the Prime Minister, pointing out that she had "campaigned to keep Section 28" which prevented the "promotion of homosexuality", which Russell-Moyle said had "led to millions of young people like myself growing in fear of being LGBT" [18]

Lloyd Russell-Moyle was assaulted on the streets of his constituency, on 21 March 2019, whilst out showing support for demonstrators leafleting for 'The People's March', a demonstration in support of the People's Vote campaign.[20][21][22] Russell-Moyle describes how an individual first began arguing with an ITV News crew suggesting that they were part of a 'mainstream media conspiracy to stop Brexit'.[22] Russell-Moyle then approached the scene and explained that he was an MP and that 'the majority of constituents had voted Remain', Lloyd describes that this information exacerbated the situation further with the individual describing MPs as 'traitors' and lunging at the MP.[21][22] The incident took place less than 24 hours after Prime MinisterTheresa May gave a speech on Brexit in which she blamed MPs for deliberately delaying her attempt to ensure the UK leaves the EU by 29 March.[23]

The APPG launched an inquiry into 'the Role and Sufficiency of Youth Work' in May 2018.[25] Lloyd Russell-Moyle highlighted the relevance and importance of the inquiry stating, "Over the years youth work has borne the brunt of significant spending cuts. Recent events and reports suggest the loss of youth work has had a negative impact on young people and communities".[26] The inquiry came to several conclusions and recommendations:[27]

Youth work is a distinct educational process which supports the personal and social development of young people. It needs to be recognised as such and we recommend it is better placed within the Department of Education

As we enter the next Comprehensive Spending Review and an ‘end to austerity’ we wish to see greater investment and commitment to support for youth services. We recommend that Government undertakes a review of spending on youth services, beginning by reinstating the local authority audit previously funded by Government and carried out by the NYA.

To secure investment there needs to be a greater understanding of the role of youth work and impact of youth services. We call on the statutory and voluntary sector to form a compact with young people for a clear policy statement and guidance which recognises the benefits of youth work.

We welcome the Government's commitment to review the statutory duty and we call on the youth sector and other bodies to fully engage in the consultation on the statutory duty. We recommend clear guidance on what is sufficient provision under the duty.

Just as a local authority no longer necessarily directly runs schools in its area, it nonetheless has to plan for sufficient school places. We recommend there is a lead role for the local authority to ensure access to sufficient, quality youth work provision in an area.

Over the last decade, open-access or universal youth services have been especially hard hit, with the notable exception of the National Citizen Service, which provides a great experience for 16- and 17 year-olds but it is a time-limited programme and just one part of a broad youth offer to support year round provision that meets the needs of young people locally. We call for clear guidance and investment in a base-line for local youth services which also allows an ‘eco-system’ of youth work provision to flourish in a community.

A coherent workforce strategy needs to be developed for the totality of the children's workforce and renewed national standards for youth work by 2020. We recommend all those supporting youth work adhere to national occupational standards and a curriculum for youth work training.

With youth work recognised as ‘education’ in its open-access provision and in supporting vulnerable young people in its targeted provision, we recommend the reinstatement of the role of Ofsted as a driver for the quality of youth work and services.

In November 2018, during a House of Commons debate to mark the 30th World AIDS Day,[33] Russell-Moyle revealed he had been diagnosed as HIV positive a decade earlier,[33][34] saying he wanted to tackle the stigma still associated with the condition and stating: "I have not only survived, I've prospered, and any partner I have is safe and protected",[35] making reference later in his speech to having an undetectableviral load, as well as discussing pre-exposure prophylaxis and public health policy.[34] In disclosing his HIV status in a Parliamentary speech, he became the first MP to do so in the chamber of the House of Commons and only the second person (after Chris Smith) to live openly with HIV as an MP.[33][34][35] He discussed the rationale for coming out as HIV positive and the social and health policy implications of HIV in the UK in an interview with Owen Jones, a week later.[36]